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Finding Fresh Products In The Farmers' Market

By Steve Kraske
Published May 9, 2014 at 9:00 AM CDT
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Eighteen-year-old Michelle Sullivan helps a customer at her family's fresh vegetable and flower stall.
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Leland Prothe, 80, still grow pecans on his land.
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Matt Trammell started growing mushrooms after he found some growing in his house after a leak.
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It's the season for farm-fresh local produce, and one of the popular spots in the Kansas City metro area is the Overland Park Farmers' Market.

On Friday's Up to Date, we take a trip to that market and talk with vendors ages 18 to 80 about what they’re selling and why they’ve chosen this particular spot to sell their wares.

The vendors and market-goers:

  • Michelle Sullivan, Sulllivan Farms
  • Barbara Shatto, Shatto Milk Company
  • Jackie Miller, Overland Park resident
  • Leland Prothe, Prothe's Pecans
  • Matt Trammell, Trammell Treasures Mushroom Farm
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Steve Kraske
When I host Up To Date each morning at 9, my aim is to engage the community in conversations about the Kansas City area’s challenges, hopes and opportunities. I try to ask the questions that listeners want answered about the day’s most pressing issues and provide a place for residents to engage directly with newsmakers. Reach me at steve@kcur.org or on Twitter @stevekraske.
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